The hotly-anticipated French Open women’s singles final turned out to be a 68-minute masterclass on the part of the quite brilliant Iga Swiatek. The 21-year-old from Poland won her second Roland Garros title by overwhelming the American teenager Coco Gauff with the considerable armoury that has seen her conquer just about all before her on the women’s tour this year.
Frankly, the outcome never looked in doubt this afternoon. As she has done for the past three and a half months, Swiatek raced out of the blocks and never gave her opponent a chance in a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing. It is the world No 1’s 35th consecutive victory, drawing her level with Venus Williams’ 21st-century record streak in the year 2000.
“I am pretty happy
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